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JOHN GIBBS, OF BROOKLYN, El D., NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CALVIN H.' CARTER, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 92,955, (zaad July 27, 1869.

' MATCH-SAFE.

.To all whom it 'may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN GIBBs, of Brooklyn, E.

D., in the county of Kings, 'and State of New York,-

liave invented and made a new and use ful Improvement in Match-Safes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed .drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section ofthe tube employed for forming said holder;

Figure 2 is a section of' said holder with the end of the tube closed;

Figure 3 is a side view of the holder; and

Figure 4-is the cap, partially in section, -A

These iguresare about twice the dimensions of the .actual articles.

Similar letters denote the same parts.

In Letters Patent, No 83,097, granted October 13, 1868, a match-holder is shown, in which a tube is provided for an inflammable cord, that is drawn along by the action of the thumb and finger upon that part of the cord that is exposed where the sides of the tube are cut away. 'v

` Inthe manufacture of this character of match-holder it has been usual to bore a hole through the wire' or rodforining such holder, and with someI kinds to plug up' the lower end with a piece of wire. This Inode of manufacture is very tedious and expensive, and the object of my invention is to simplify the manufacture and make a better and less costly article.

My invention consists in a tubular match-holder, (for an inammable cord,) formed of a strip of sheetmetal, rolled up to the cylindrical form, and then the metal at one end is thinned down, so as to be folded or pressed inward, to close the end of the tube, and the sheet-metal is kept from opening by a ring or band that is forced around it at such a point as to form the base, over which a tubular cap is placed, to enclose the end of the holder.

In the drawingc is the tube, formed of a strip of metal, bent up to shape over a mandrel, so as to bring the edges properly together. The end b is then turnedoi or milled, as seen in iig. 1, in order that it maybe. pressed inward, to close the end, as seen in iig. 2, and form a rounded or square end to the tube.

I then force on the ring or collar c, that ei'ectually keeps the joint of the tube from opening, and forms a base for the tubular cap d to set over, without touching the other parts of the tube or the inflammable cord within it.

The sides of the tube are removed at e, to allow the finger and thumb to grasp the cord t', and draw vit along, so as to project the end to be lighted, as has heretofore been done.

This mode of constructing the match-holder is very simple and cheap, and there are no plugs or separate pieces to become loose, and drilling is avoided.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tubular match-holder, formed'of a strip of sheetmetal, rolled up and closed at the end, as set forth, in combination with the ring o'r band c, that keeps the joint of the tube from opening, and forms the base for the tubular cap d,as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this 21st day of June, A. D. 1869.

JOHN GIBBS.

Witnesses: CHAs. H. SMITH,

Guo. T. PrNcKNnY. 

